Associate Learning And Development Specialist

Company Overview:

Mortenson’s success is not a matter of luck; it’s a result of our ingenuity, expertise, and exceptional people coupled with our unparalleled focus on customer and team member experience.

Mortenson has built a reputation for being a leader in our industry and within the communities in which we live and work. Our vibrant and inclusive culture is activated by a commitment to the principles of: Do The Right Thing, We Before Me & Inspire What’s Possible and built on a legacy of values synonymous with Mortenson: Trust, Safety, Teamwork, Responsibility, Service and Stewardship. We are inspired by a compelling purpose to build structures and facilities for the advancement of modern society and a mission to create an exceptional customer experience. Exciting, right? It all starts with our exceptional people and exceptional teams.

Mortenson is honored to receive 40+ Top Workplace Awards since 2002.

The Big Picture:
We are leading the way by delivering a cutting-edge, leadership development and learning strategy designed to perpetuate Mortenson’s culture and ensure team members are equipped with the character, tools, experiences, and skills to ensure personal and professional success.

Mortenson seeks an Associate Learning and Development Specialist to join the Talent Management team. The Associate Learning and Development Specialist will provide administrative support, communication, logistical oversight, and event and project planning for all leadership, learning, and culture development initiatives and events. This role will actively contribute to the positive and energetic culture of the organization and the combined Leadership Development & Learning teams.

What will you be doing?

• Manage department SharePoint sites.
• Actively contribute to the vision of our team by generating solutions and ideas that support our goal of providing best-in-class experiences that connect to business outcomes and drive our culture.
• Provide creative and technical support for online learning experiences that help to scale development across the organization.
• Manage distribution lists for key stakeholder groups to ensure alignment and accuracy.
• Support the organization’s efforts around organizational culture, including diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Other projects and duties as assigned.
• Track success metrics including surveys, assessment data, participation, and engagement reports.
• Manage logistics and scheduling for internal blog series.
• Coordinate and administer personality assessments including communication, scheduling, reports, and logistics.
• Develop and manage relationships with cross-functional departments and stakeholders to support Leadership Development and L&D’s ability to collaborate and influence across the organization.
• Serve as HR training coordinator including managing HR Team Member learning activities to completion and running learning dashboard reports.
• Manage planning, logistics, scheduling, and event coordination for all learning and leader development programming.

How will you succeed?

Day-to-day job responsibilities are one thing. Even more important? Approaching those responsibilities with a mindset and attitude that align with Mortenson culture and the values of our team:

• Maximize available tips, tricks, and tools: seek out solutions and be resourceful in pursuit of creativity, efficiency and overall design and aesthetic. Have a solid technical aptitude with the interest and ability to quickly learn and fully leverage new software and technology.
• Fully commit to the customer experience: the team, our group, and the company are your customers. Be a champion of customer experience to every team member with whom you interact and fully commit to the team experience.
• Simplify the complex: have a strategic mindset that sees connections between otherwise disparate activities, projects, initiatives, and messages.
• Maintain optimism in the face of ambiguity: You will join a team tasked with leading brand-new-to-the-organization mindsets, approaches, programs, and events. Ambiguity is the one thing that is certain, so resilience is a must.
• Be an expert with a growth mindset: Knowledge of theories, principles, methods, and techniques relevant to the fields of leadership, organizational and talent development. More importantly, live life as a learner – be more concerned with what you don’t know than letting everyone know what you do know and be a champion of continuous improvement.
• Master the inclusive and interpersonal: practice well-developed communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences using various modalities. Effective communication includes an openness to diverse input and feedback including actively seeking out perspectives different from your own.
• Be planful, but adaptable: appreciate attention to detail with strong planning and organizational skills with the ability to quickly adapt a plan to meet shifting team and business needs. Simultaneously manage a variety of projects in a fast-paced environment, while remaining flexible and positive.

Education, Experience, Requirements:

• Experience with Microsoft Office, with a proficiency in OneNote, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Bachelor’s degree or years of applicable experience in Business, Project Management, Human Resources Development, Industrial Organizational. Psychology, Organizational Development, Organizational Change Management, or related field
• Minimum two to five years of experience in a related field.

Basic Requirements:

• Ability to manage a variety of projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment, while remaining flexible and adapting to shifting business needs.
• Solid technical aptitude with the ability to learn new software quickly (e.g., Learning Management System, Power BI, SharePoint)
• Ability to think critically and work independently, when necessary.
• Strong work and personal ethics, planning and organizational skills, & attention to detail.
• Team and customer service orientation with ability to collaborate in a cross-functional team with direct and dotted line reporting structure.
• Well-developed listening, communication, and decision-making skills with the ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences.
• Demonstrated end-to-end accountability.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, including Teams, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote.

Mortenson is an EOE/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.

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